Karen Barnett has been a social worker and a lawyer and is currently full-time mommy to her four-year-old daughter and two-year-old son. Originally from Canada, Karen currently lives in Tacoma, Washington where she spends most weekends camping and foraging in the Puget Sound. She is working (very slowly) on a novel and beginning to think about returning to a so-called “real job.” She can be reached at barnett.karen@gmail.com.